Air conditioner awning



Feb. 24, 1959 C. H. BRADBURY ETAL AIR CONDITIoNER AWNING Filed June 6.1955 United States Patent O AIR coNnirIoNER AWNING Charles HermanBradbury and William Scott Bradbury, Topeka, Kaus.

Application June 6, 1955, Serial No. 513,366

1 Claim. (Cl. 62262) This invention relates to an awning or heatdeflector for air conditioners, and particularly to a novel, inclinedpanel adapted to overlie that portion of an air conditioner whichextends outwardly beyond a Window within which it is mounted.

It is the most important object of the present invention to provide aheat deector of the aforementioned character that is universally adaptedfor protecting virtually any type of conventional air conditioner of thekind commonly employed within a window and having novel means forquickly and positively holding the same in place by attachment to theair conditioner itself through use of a band, and preferably a coilspring looped beneath the air conditioner =at its outermost end.

Other objects include the way in which the panel is rendered extensiblethrough use of a pair of slidably interconnected sections; the manner ofinterconnecting the sections through use of flanges and tracks; and theway in which the anges are formed on the panels at the proximal,relatively overlapping ends thereof for reinforcing the same and keepingout dust, dirt, rain and other elements.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of an air conditioner awning madepursuant to our present invention, showing the same in place withrespect to a conventional air conditioner.

Fig. 2 is a view of the uppermost section of the panel looking at thelowermost end thereof.

Fig. 3 yis a side elevational view of the uppermost section.

Fig. 4 is a view of the lowermost section looking at the lowermost endthereof.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the lowermost see-y tion; and

Fig. 6 -is a fragmentary, side elevational view of the panel showing bydotted lines the interconnection between the two sections thereof.

The heat deector or awning for air conditioners 10 of the kind adaptedto fit within a window as shown in Fig. 1, includes an inclined panelbroadly designated by the numeral 12. As is well known, the airconditioner 10 normally extends a considerable distance outwardly beyondthe window within the frame 14 thereof, and the panel 12 is designed tooverlie the air conditioner 10 when fastened to rails 16 and 18 of frame14.

The lowermost end of the panel 12 may rest directly upon the outermostand uppermost horizontal edge of the air conditioner 10 and be attachedthereto for ready release through the medium of a band 20, preferably inthe nature of a coil spring looped beneath the air conditioner 10. Theuppermost end of the panel 12 is in turn fastened to the rails 16 and 18of frame 14 through use of screws or other fasteners 22.

Panel 12 consists of an uppermost section 24 and a lowermost section 26.The uppermost section 24 has an upturned flange 28 at the uppermost endthereof which receives the fasteners 22 through openings 30 formed inthe ange 28. The lowermost end of the section 24 is provided with adownturned flange 32 which engages the uppermost face of the lowermostsection 26 as seen best ICC in Fig. 6. The section 24 is additionallyprovided with downturned L-shaped tracks 34 at the sides thereof.

The lowermost section 26 has a downturned flange 36 at the lowermost endthereof, and an upturned ange 38 at its uppermost end which slidablyengages the lowermost face of the section 24, it being noted thatsection 24 is in partial overlapping relationship to the section 26. Thelowermost section 26 is additionally provided with downturned flanges 40that ride within the tracks 34, the spring band 20 being attached to theanges 40 by means of perforations 42.

It can now be seen that panel 12 may be easily and quickly placed in useby merely attaching the upper section 24 thereof to the frame 14 of thewindow by use of fasteners 22 in the openings 30 of flange 28.Thereupon, the lower section 26 may be extended outwardly as the flanges40 slide within the tracks 34 and as the flanges 32 and 38 slide withrespect to the surfaces which they engage. The lowermost section 26 ismerely laid upon the outermost edge of the air conditioner 10,preferably extending slightly beyond the latter, whereupon the band 20is looped beneath the air conditioner 10 and the lowermost end of thepanel 12 thereby held in place.

By virtue of the fact that an air space is maintained between the awningor panel 12 and the upper face of the air conditioner 10, and by virtueof the fact that the panel 12 is mounted on an incline, adequate aircirculation is maintained around the air conditioner 10 and the deectorserves additionally as a rain shed.

It is to be particularly noted that, by virtue of the use of flanges 32and 38, the panel 12 is reinforced and the two sections 24 and 26 arerigidly interconnected to prevent separation by virtue of winds andstorms.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

A heat deector for that portion of an air conditioner extendingoutwardly beyond a window frame within which the same is mounted, saiddeilector comprising a freely extensible panel adapted to extendoutwardly and downwardly at an incline from said window frame inoverlying relationship to said portion of the air conditioner, saidpanel including a pair of relatively shiftable, rectangular sections,one of the sections being movable to a position substantially overlyingthe other section, each of said sections being provided with anupturned, elongated ange at the uppermost margin thereof and adownturned flange at the lowermost margin thereof, the upper sectionhaving an elongated, inturned, L-shaped track along each of the sidemargins thereof and slidably receiving corresponding downturned,elongated anges on the outer side margins of said other section, saidupturned tiange of the uppermost section being adapted to be secured tosaid frame and the underside of that part of the lowermost sectionoverlying the air conditioner being adapted to rest on said portion ofthe latter upon extension of the same; and an elongated coil springoppositely secured at its ends to said downturned iianges on the sidemargins of said other section, disposed adjacent said downturned flangeon the lowermost margin of the section and adapted to be looped aboutsaid portion of the air conditioner lfor holding the panel firmlyagainst the same.

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